Photos: Modu named world's lightest phone

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By Andy Smith

The tranforming Modu phone has been named the world's lightest pone by the Guinness World Records. The base of the "mood" phone, it can be changed to fit your whims, weighs in at 1.41 ounces.

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Read Larry Dignan's take on the Modu.

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Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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Here is the base of the Modu phone. It can be slipped into a modu jacket or phone enclosure, or a modu mate which adds a phone to a separate electronics device.

Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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The base fits into one of many enclosures that change the spirit and functionality of the phone.
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Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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The base inserted into a jacket. The base becomes the slave and the jacket becomes the master.
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Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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Here is a concept music phone that comes with stereo speakers.

Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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This concept sees the Modu inserted into a sat-nav, which can still make calls.

Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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A car stereo Modu.

Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
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This jacket barely covers the base.
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Published: March 25, 2008 -- 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith